Margaret M. Roper

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — Australia

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

27h-index2.3kcitations66works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(28), Fire effects on ecosystems(13), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(8), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal(7), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis(7)

Publications66 total

Sowing crops into dry water-repellent soils can increase the severity of repellency and reduce crop performance
Soil Research·2026
A foliar spray made from two Streptomyces spp suppresses Sclerotinia stem rot on canola and inhibits other fungal pathogens
Biological Control·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Actinobacteria Warfare Against the Plant Pathogen <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i> : 2,4,6‐Trimethylpyridine Identified as a Bacterial Derived Volatile With Antifungal Activity
Microbial Biotechnology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Seeding next to previous year’s crop row (near-row sowing) can increase grain yields on water repellent soils
Soil Research·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
A Plant Stress-Responsive Bioreporter Coupled With Transcriptomic Analysis Allows Rapid Screening for Biocontrols of Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Changes in soil properties and crop performance on stubble-burned and cultivated water-repellent soils can take many years following reversion to no-till and stubble retention
Geoderma·2021· 13 cited
Developing Actinobacterial Endophytes as Biocontrol Products for Fusarium pseudograminearum in Wheat
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Comparative analysis of genetic structures and aggressiveness of <i>Fusarium</i> <i>pseudograminearum</i> populations from two surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2015 at two sites in the wheat belt of Western Australia
Plant Pathology·2019· 12 citedOpen Access
Influence of co-application of nitrogen with phosphorus, potassium and sulphur on the apparent efficiency of nitrogen fertiliser use, grain yield and protein content of wheat: Review
Field Crops Research·2018· 158 cited
Draft Genome Sequences of Streptomyces sp. Strains MH60 and 111WW2
Genome Announcements·2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Yield and nitrogen use efficiency of wheat increased with root length and biomass due to nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium interactions
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science·2018· 104 cited
Biological nitrification inhibition by weeds: wild radish, brome grass, wild oats and annual ryegrass decrease nitrification rates in their rhizospheres
Crop and Pasture Science·2017· 27 cited
Crop and microbial responses to the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) in Mediterranean wheat-cropping systems
Soil Research·2017· 14 cited
Draft Genome Sequence of <i>Rhodococcus</i> sp. Strain 66b
Genome Announcements·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
A Sclerotinia disease assay for screening flowering canola plants in controlled environments
Australasian Plant Pathology·2017· 9 cited
Dimethylarsenate (DMA) exposure influences germination rates, arsenic uptake and arsenic species formation in wheat
Chemosphere·2017· 35 cited
A colourimetric microplate assay for simple, high throughput assessment of synthetic and biological nitrification inhibitors
Plant and Soil·2016· 26 cited
The nitrification inhibitor 3,4,-dimethylpyrazole phosphate strongly inhibits nitrification in coarse-grained soils containing a low abundance of nitrifying microbiota
Soil Research·2016· 23 cited
A composite guanyl thiourea (GTU), dicyandiamide (DCD) inhibitor improves the efficacy of nitrification inhibition in soil
Chemosphere·2016· 8 cited
Selenium speciation in wheat grain varies in the presence of nitrogen and sulphur fertilisers
Environmental Geochemistry and Health·2016· 59 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Cathryn A. O’Sullivan(15), Elliott G. Duncan(8), Phil Ward(7), Kelley Whisson(6), I. R. P. Fillery(6), Ramona Jongepier(6), K. C. Marshall(5), V. V. S. R. Gupta(5), Karen Treble(5), Daniel V. Murphy(4), Mark B. Peoples(4), Louise F. Thatcher(4), J. K. Ladha(3), Jonathan Sanderman(3), Lynne M. Macdonald(3), Jeff Baldock(3), S. F. Micin(3), William A. Maher(2), Frank Krikowa(2), Neil A. Smith(2)